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Agriculture Industry
India Enters WTO’s Top 10 Agricultural Produce Exporters In 2019edit
Republic World – Online
India cracked into the top ten list of agricultural produce exporters in 2019 with a significant share within the export of rice, soya beans, cotton and meat, according to a World Trade Organisation (WTO) report on trends in world agricultural trade in recent 25 years. In 2019, India ranked ninth with a share of 3.1% in global agricultural exports. Earlier this place was New Zealand. Similarly, Mexico has ranked seventh with a share of 3.4% in global agricultural exports, which was previously followed by Malaysia. In 1995, the US was in first place in the list of top-10 countries with a share of 22.2%. In 2019, the European Union held the top spot with a share of 16.1% ...
Competition
Combine Harvester: Uses, Benefits, Prices and Top Companies Manufacturing Itedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
A combine harvester is the most adaptable piece of farming machinery and plays a critical role in the harvesting process. Harvesting season is one of the most crucial times in the farming operations for farmers who cultivate grain crops on their farms, as the quality of harvesting determines the success of all their hard work. From cutting to sifting grains from chaff, it takes time, and doing it by hand can take days. The essential task is to collect grains without altering their quality, which must be done with extreme caution. In India, there are a lot of companies that make combine harvesters. Some of them are listed below: Eicher Motors, Sonalika International, Standard, Force ...
Technology in Agriculture
SAMETI organises training on farm mechanisationedit
Nagaland Post – Online
State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) organised a two-day online training on “Farm mechanization: Gender Friendly Tools & Practices” for Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) functionaries on July 23-24. A press release by SAMETI informed that the training aimed at imparting technical knowledge on farm mechanization was carried out with assistant professor Amarjyoti Khound from Biswanath College of Agriculture, AAU, Assam and M. Dutta from RA, EEI – NER as the resource persons. Participatory lecture on need and importance of farm mechanization and its applicability in north east region, drudgery reducing technologies for farm women, strategies for mechanization agriculture in NeHR and role of farm mechanisation in farmers field were covered during the ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Telangana: Crop damage due to heavy rains Rs 1,000 crore, says farmersedit
The Times Of India – Online
The torrential rains that caused floods in many parts of the state in the last four days have washed away cotton, maize and other crops. Over 470 mandals in the districts had received excess rainfall. Farmers’ associations said the crop damage could be Rs 1,000 crore in over a lakh acres. With the Met department predicting more rains, farmers are worried that their crops would be washed away in the intiail stages itself and that they may have to go for sowing operations once again. “The state government should compensate the farmers for the losses and also make arrangements for distribution of seeds. Crops in more than one lakh acres had been damaged. ...
Stubble Burning
Haryana government is giving incentive money on straw lying in the field, know what is this schemeedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Most of the farmers burn the stubble left after harvesting the crop in the fields. This spreads pollution. The danger of pollution due to stubble burning is increasing in Delhi and Haryana. The Haryana government has made a plan to get rid of the problem of stubble burning. Due to which there will be no need to burn the stubble and people will also get rid of the pollution caused by it. Haryana government has decided to provide financial help to the farmers. A scheme has been made to give incentive amount of 1000 rupees per acre for the farmers, under which farmers give the straw lying in the fields by making bales or bales ...